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The latest Culture news headlines from Yahoo News UK. Find videos, pictures and in-depth Culture coverageen-GBCopyright (c) 2015 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 22 Nov 2013 10:49:06 +00005Culture News Headlines - Yahoo News UKhttps://uk.news.yahoo.com/culture/
https://s.yimg.com/rz/d/yahoo_news_en-GB_s_f_p_bestfit_news.pngWinter Wonderland 2013 review: Festive fun for all the family<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/winter-wonderland-2013-review--festive-fun-for-all-the-family-104907295.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPw5GFsIh_ZkZ2MYYYKH1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2013/11/22/winter-wonderland--jpg_104127.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="winter wonderland" align="left" title="winter wonderland" border="0" /></a>A perfect way to enjoy a Christmas evening.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/winter-wonderland-2013-review--festive-fun-for-all-the-family-104907295.htmlFri, 22 Nov 2013 10:49:06 +0000Yahoo Newswinter-wonderland-2013-review--festive-fun-for-all-the-family-104907295<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/winter-wonderland-2013-review--festive-fun-for-all-the-family-104907295.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPw5GFsIh_ZkZ2MYYYKH1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2013/11/22/winter-wonderland--jpg_104127.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="winter wonderland" align="left" title="winter wonderland" border="0" /></a>A perfect way to enjoy a Christmas evening.</p><br clear="all"/>Minister intervenes to give Chinese artist Ai Weiwei full UK visa<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/minister-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-uk-013449146.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g7189_p1mRpaYu9X4jOoFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T152856Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0TL_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>British Home Secretary Theresa May has intervened to reverse a decision by her officials and grant dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei a full six-month visa to enter Britain, her government department said on Friday. On Thursday the artist, whose passport was returned by Chinese authorities last week four years after it was confiscated, said Britain had granted him only a short-stay visa. Ai, who was detained for 81 days and had his passport confiscated four years ago, has never been charged nor convicted of a crime.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/minister-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-uk-013449146.htmlSat, 01 Aug 2015 02:34:49 +0100Reutersminister-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-uk-013449146<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/minister-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-uk-013449146.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g7189_p1mRpaYu9X4jOoFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T152856Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0TL_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>British Home Secretary Theresa May has intervened to reverse a decision by her officials and grant dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei a full six-month visa to enter Britain, her government department said on Friday. On Thursday the artist, whose passport was returned by Chinese authorities last week four years after it was confiscated, said Britain had granted him only a short-stay visa. Ai, who was detained for 81 days and had his passport confiscated four years ago, has never been charged nor convicted of a crime.</p><br clear="all"/>One Direction releases surprise first single as a foursome<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-direction-release-surprise-first-single-foursome-135213653.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hDPt5wptlMV5YxJ_rEWW7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T135213Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0PR_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the pop group One Direction pose for photographers at the Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London, Britain" align="left" title="Members of the pop group One Direction pose for photographers at the Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London, Britain" border="0" /></a>Best-selling boy band One Direction released a surprise first single as a foursome on Friday, two days after former member Zayn Malik announced a new record deal as solo artist. The foursome -- Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson -- posted a video message on Twitter announcing the new single. In a separate post on his Twitter feed, Payne called the move &quot;a bit of a surprise&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-direction-release-surprise-first-single-foursome-135213653.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:19:57 +0100Reutersone-direction-release-surprise-first-single-foursome-135213653<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-direction-release-surprise-first-single-foursome-135213653.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hDPt5wptlMV5YxJ_rEWW7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T135213Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0PR_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the pop group One Direction pose for photographers at the Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London, Britain" align="left" title="Members of the pop group One Direction pose for photographers at the Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London, Britain" border="0" /></a>Best-selling boy band One Direction released a surprise first single as a foursome on Friday, two days after former member Zayn Malik announced a new record deal as solo artist. The foursome -- Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson -- posted a video message on Twitter announcing the new single. In a separate post on his Twitter feed, Payne called the move &quot;a bit of a surprise&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>Auction set for work from ex-auto plant credited to Banksy<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/auction-set-ex-auto-plant-credited-banksy-161557170.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mYRoOfJJQ2RXSCBway0Gyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27fd8212215cc7227d0f6a706700b7c1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This May 11, 2010 file photo shows the founders of the art gallery 555 Arts, Carl W. Goines, left, and Monte Martinez, wrapping artwork by popular graffiti artist Banksy at the abandoned Packard car plant in Detroit. An auction is planned for the artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant. It&#039;s listed among works being sold Sept. 30 2015, during a &quot;Street Art&quot; auction by Julien&#039;s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza, FILE)" align="left" title="FILE - This May 11, 2010 file photo shows the founders of the art gallery 555 Arts, Carl W. Goines, left, and Monte Martinez, wrapping artwork by popular graffiti artist Banksy at the abandoned Packard car plant in Detroit. An auction is planned for the artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant. It&#039;s listed among works being sold Sept. 30 2015, during a &quot;Street Art&quot; auction by Julien&#039;s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza, FILE)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) — An auction is planned for an artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/auction-set-ex-auto-plant-credited-banksy-161557170.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 17:42:32 +0100Associated Pressauction-set-ex-auto-plant-credited-banksy-161557170<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/auction-set-ex-auto-plant-credited-banksy-161557170.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mYRoOfJJQ2RXSCBway0Gyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27fd8212215cc7227d0f6a706700b7c1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This May 11, 2010 file photo shows the founders of the art gallery 555 Arts, Carl W. Goines, left, and Monte Martinez, wrapping artwork by popular graffiti artist Banksy at the abandoned Packard car plant in Detroit. An auction is planned for the artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant. It&#039;s listed among works being sold Sept. 30 2015, during a &quot;Street Art&quot; auction by Julien&#039;s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza, FILE)" align="left" title="FILE - This May 11, 2010 file photo shows the founders of the art gallery 555 Arts, Carl W. Goines, left, and Monte Martinez, wrapping artwork by popular graffiti artist Banksy at the abandoned Packard car plant in Detroit. An auction is planned for the artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant. It&#039;s listed among works being sold Sept. 30 2015, during a &quot;Street Art&quot; auction by Julien&#039;s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza, FILE)" border="0" /></a>DETROIT (AP) — An auction is planned for an artwork that gallery officials say the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at a former Detroit auto plant.</p><br clear="all"/>Theresa May Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Refusal<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-reverses-ai-weiwei-visa-refusal-145433855.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GuNRiYnuFa_KzBXeLDED_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/cegrab-20140926-142544-186-1-2048x1152-20150731-162527-385.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Theresa May Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Refusal" align="left" title="Theresa May Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Refusal" border="0" /></a>Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been granted a full six-month UK visa after an order by the Home Secretary Theresa May. The dissident revealed on Thursday that the officials in Beijing would only issue him with a three-week visa after claiming he had failed to declare a &quot;criminal conviction&quot; on his application. Mr Ai posted a photo of the letter from the British Embassy on his Instagram account which said it was &quot;a matter of public record that you have previously received a criminal conviction in China, and you have not declared this&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-reverses-ai-weiwei-visa-refusal-145433855.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 17:23:15 +0100Sky Newstheresa-may-reverses-ai-weiwei-visa-refusal-145433855<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-reverses-ai-weiwei-visa-refusal-145433855.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GuNRiYnuFa_KzBXeLDED_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/cegrab-20140926-142544-186-1-2048x1152-20150731-162527-385.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Theresa May Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Refusal" align="left" title="Theresa May Reverses Ai Weiwei Visa Refusal" border="0" /></a>Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been granted a full six-month UK visa after an order by the Home Secretary Theresa May. The dissident revealed on Thursday that the officials in Beijing would only issue him with a three-week visa after claiming he had failed to declare a &quot;criminal conviction&quot; on his application. Mr Ai posted a photo of the letter from the British Embassy on his Instagram account which said it was &quot;a matter of public record that you have previously received a criminal conviction in China, and you have not declared this&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>UK grants Ai Weiwei 6-month visa, apologizes for mixup<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-grants-ai-weiwei-6-month-visa-apologizes-153049459.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3XufmiO.EW9gN6zfo1kCBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cee7b4cff857af217d0f6a706700ba06.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei wei films the media next to Bavarian Green politician Margarethe Bause, right, after his arrival at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei wei films the media next to Bavarian Green politician Margarethe Bause, right, after his arrival at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) — Britain performed an about-face Friday and granted a six-month visa to dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, apologizing for rejecting his application over an alleged criminal conviction.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-grants-ai-weiwei-6-month-visa-apologizes-153049459.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:56:52 +0100Associated Pressuk-grants-ai-weiwei-6-month-visa-apologizes-153049459<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-grants-ai-weiwei-6-month-visa-apologizes-153049459.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3XufmiO.EW9gN6zfo1kCBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cee7b4cff857af217d0f6a706700ba06.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei wei films the media next to Bavarian Green politician Margarethe Bause, right, after his arrival at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei wei films the media next to Bavarian Green politician Margarethe Bause, right, after his arrival at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) — Britain performed an about-face Friday and granted a six-month visa to dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, apologizing for rejecting his application over an alleged criminal conviction.</p><br clear="all"/>Theresa May intervenes to give Chinese artist Ai Weiwei full UK visa<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-152856757.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g7189_p1mRpaYu9X4jOoFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T152856Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0TL_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>Home Secretary Theresa May has intervened to reverse a decision by her officials and grant dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei a full six-month visa to enter Britain, her government department said on Friday. On Thursday the artist, whose passport was returned by Chinese authorities last week four years after it was confiscated, said Britain had granted him only a short-stay visa instead of one granting him permission to stay for the full six months. Ai, who was detained for 81 days and had his passport confiscated four years ago, has never been charged nor convicted of a crime.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-152856757.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:28:56 +0100Reuterstheresa-may-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-152856757<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/theresa-may-intervenes-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-full-152856757.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g7189_p1mRpaYu9X4jOoFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T152856Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0TL_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>Home Secretary Theresa May has intervened to reverse a decision by her officials and grant dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei a full six-month visa to enter Britain, her government department said on Friday. On Thursday the artist, whose passport was returned by Chinese authorities last week four years after it was confiscated, said Britain had granted him only a short-stay visa instead of one granting him permission to stay for the full six months. Ai, who was detained for 81 days and had his passport confiscated four years ago, has never been charged nor convicted of a crime.</p><br clear="all"/>UK reverses stance on Ai Weiwei visa, grants artist 6-month stayLONDON (AP) — UK reverses stance on Ai Weiwei visa, grants artist 6-month stay.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-reverses-stance-ai-weiwei-visa-grants-artist-152118413.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:21:23 +0100Associated Pressuk-reverses-stance-ai-weiwei-visa-grants-artist-152118413Dame Helen Mirren gets waxed... three times!<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dame-helen-mirren-gets-waxed-091339489.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c3d1tPCQpA6hqX2Id09E5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/c6528a86ddb9a33aec83464883bfd33f" width="130" height="86" alt="Dame Helen Mirren gets waxed... three times!" align="left" title="Dame Helen Mirren gets waxed... three times!" border="0" /></a>The Dame came face-to-face with three versions of herself at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dame-helen-mirren-gets-waxed-091339489.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 11:38:36 +0100SNAP.PAdame-helen-mirren-gets-waxed-091339489<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dame-helen-mirren-gets-waxed-091339489.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c3d1tPCQpA6hqX2Id09E5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/c6528a86ddb9a33aec83464883bfd33f" width="130" height="86" alt="Dame Helen Mirren gets waxed... three times!" align="left" title="Dame Helen Mirren gets waxed... three times!" border="0" /></a>The Dame came face-to-face with three versions of herself at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.</p><br clear="all"/>'Spot the fake!' Mirren meets herself in triplicate wax works<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spot-fake-mirren-meets-herself-triplicate-wax-works-094042521.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_85oTX8spkgaDkG995hUCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T094042Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0E5_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British actor Helen Mirren poses with waxwork models of herself at Madame Tussauds in London" align="left" title="British actor Helen Mirren poses with waxwork models of herself at Madame Tussauds in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - &quot;Spot the fake!&quot; British actress Helen Mirren joked as she posed with not one but three wax figures of herself, including as her Academy Award winning &quot;The Queen&quot; role. London&#039;s Madame Tussauds wax museum has put up a display of the figures to commemorate the actress&#039; 70th birthday. Mirren is portrayed in two of her award-winning roles, as detective Jane Tennison in the television series &quot;Prime Suspect&quot; and as Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth II in &quot;The Queen&quot; sitting at her desk.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spot-fake-mirren-meets-herself-triplicate-wax-works-094042521.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2015 10:42:10 +0100Reutersspot-fake-mirren-meets-herself-triplicate-wax-works-094042521<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spot-fake-mirren-meets-herself-triplicate-wax-works-094042521.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_85oTX8spkgaDkG995hUCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-31T094042Z_1_LYNXNPEB6U0E5_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British actor Helen Mirren poses with waxwork models of herself at Madame Tussauds in London" align="left" title="British actor Helen Mirren poses with waxwork models of herself at Madame Tussauds in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - &quot;Spot the fake!&quot; British actress Helen Mirren joked as she posed with not one but three wax figures of herself, including as her Academy Award winning &quot;The Queen&quot; role. London&#039;s Madame Tussauds wax museum has put up a display of the figures to commemorate the actress&#039; 70th birthday. Mirren is portrayed in two of her award-winning roles, as detective Jane Tennison in the television series &quot;Prime Suspect&quot; and as Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth II in &quot;The Queen&quot; sitting at her desk.</p><br clear="all"/>Britain limits Ai Weiwei's visit due to alleged conviction<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-embassy-china-grants-limited-visa-ai-weiwei-123606032.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Nee5A4gDdii4JHP7rYNJkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13d1dda2f848af217d0f6a7067000b6a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, right, his wife Lu Qing, left, and his son Ai Lao arrive at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, right, his wife Lu Qing, left, and his son Ai Lao arrive at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) — Britain has denied Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa to attend a London exhibition of his work, saying he failed to disclose that he has a criminal conviction — a claim that the artist and his attorney dispute.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-embassy-china-grants-limited-visa-ai-weiwei-123606032.htmlThu, 30 Jul 2015 19:48:52 +0100Associated Pressbritish-embassy-china-grants-limited-visa-ai-weiwei-123606032<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-embassy-china-grants-limited-visa-ai-weiwei-123606032.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Nee5A4gDdii4JHP7rYNJkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13d1dda2f848af217d0f6a7067000b6a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, right, his wife Lu Qing, left, and his son Ai Lao arrive at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, right, his wife Lu Qing, left, and his son Ai Lao arrive at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ai Weiwei is on his way to Berlin where part of his family lives. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) — Britain has denied Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa to attend a London exhibition of his work, saying he failed to disclose that he has a criminal conviction — a claim that the artist and his attorney dispute.</p><br clear="all"/>Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Germany, says Britain denied him visa<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-uk-denies-100223051.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DtxiVwRzmpBwXOyrd.Nqxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-30T152701Z_1_LYNXNPEB6T0US_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks with media as he arrives at the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks with media as he arrives at the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>By Ayhan Uyanik and Sui-Lee Wee MUNICH/BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei, whose passport was returned last week four years after it was confiscated, arrived in Germany on Thursday to visit his son and said Britain had denied his application for a six-month visa. Ai, 58, told reporters at Munich airport he was pleased to be able to travel again after authorities in Beijing returned his documents. When asked if he planned to visit London, he said: &quot;Could be, could be if they give me visa.&quot; Earlier on Thursday he said Britain had denied his application for a six-month visa in favour of one with a shorter duration because he had not declared a &quot;criminal conviction&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-uk-denies-100223051.htmlThu, 30 Jul 2015 19:06:14 +0100Reutersdissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-uk-denies-100223051<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-uk-denies-100223051.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DtxiVwRzmpBwXOyrd.Nqxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-30T152701Z_1_LYNXNPEB6T0US_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-ARTIST-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks with media as he arrives at the airport in Munich" align="left" title="Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks with media as he arrives at the airport in Munich" border="0" /></a>By Ayhan Uyanik and Sui-Lee Wee MUNICH/BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei, whose passport was returned last week four years after it was confiscated, arrived in Germany on Thursday to visit his son and said Britain had denied his application for a six-month visa. Ai, 58, told reporters at Munich airport he was pleased to be able to travel again after authorities in Beijing returned his documents. When asked if he planned to visit London, he said: &quot;Could be, could be if they give me visa.&quot; Earlier on Thursday he said Britain had denied his application for a six-month visa in favour of one with a shorter duration because he had not declared a &quot;criminal conviction&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>Ai Weiwei Denied UK Visa Over 'Conviction'<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-denied-uk-visa-over-conviction-091743328.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3A8HpL.XVhUGfDIegsgCTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/147137682-1-2048x1152-20150730-095030-149.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ai Weiwei Denied UK Visa Over &#039;Conviction&#039;" align="left" title="Ai Weiwei Denied UK Visa Over &#039;Conviction&#039;" border="0" /></a>Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been denied a six-month business visa for the UK after failing to declare a &quot;criminal conviction&quot;. The dissident was told he is limited to a three-week trip in a letter from the British Embassy in Beijing. Ai posted a photo of the letter on his Instagram account which said it was &quot;a matter of public record that you have previously received a criminal conviction in China, and you have not declared this&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-denied-uk-visa-over-conviction-091743328.htmlThu, 30 Jul 2015 10:41:38 +0100Sky Newsai-weiwei-denied-uk-visa-over-conviction-091743328<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-denied-uk-visa-over-conviction-091743328.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3A8HpL.XVhUGfDIegsgCTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/147137682-1-2048x1152-20150730-095030-149.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ai Weiwei Denied UK Visa Over &#039;Conviction&#039;" align="left" title="Ai Weiwei Denied UK Visa Over &#039;Conviction&#039;" border="0" /></a>Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been denied a six-month business visa for the UK after failing to declare a &quot;criminal conviction&quot;. The dissident was told he is limited to a three-week trip in a letter from the British Embassy in Beijing. Ai posted a photo of the letter on his Instagram account which said it was &quot;a matter of public record that you have previously received a criminal conviction in China, and you have not declared this&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>Oscar Race Begins As Festivals Reveal Line-Ups<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oscar-race-begins-festivals-reveal-line-ups-114456060.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MAF5zQMR6BtKrXu0pWgumQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/gettyimages-461004996-1-2048x1152-20150729-124016-828.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Oscar Race Begins As Festivals Reveal Line-Ups" align="left" title="Oscar Race Begins As Festivals Reveal Line-Ups" border="0" /></a>Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne will be hoping they can match the success of earlier this year when they take their latest films to the Toronto International Film Festival. Redmayne&#039;s film The Danish Girl, about the transgender artist Lili Elbe, will feature at the star-studded festival which does not have a jury and is non-competitive. Toronto will also host the gala premiere for Freeheld, in which Moore and Ellen Page play domestic partners.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oscar-race-begins-festivals-reveal-line-ups-114456060.htmlWed, 29 Jul 2015 12:44:56 +0100Sky Newsoscar-race-begins-festivals-reveal-line-ups-114456060<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oscar-race-begins-festivals-reveal-line-ups-114456060.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MAF5zQMR6BtKrXu0pWgumQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/gettyimages-461004996-1-2048x1152-20150729-124016-828.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Oscar Race Begins As Festivals Reveal Line-Ups" align="left" title="Oscar Race Begins As Festivals Reveal Line-Ups" border="0" /></a>Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne will be hoping they can match the success of earlier this year when they take their latest films to the Toronto International Film Festival. Redmayne&#039;s film The Danish Girl, about the transgender artist Lili Elbe, will feature at the star-studded festival which does not have a jury and is non-competitive. Toronto will also host the gala premiere for Freeheld, in which Moore and Ellen Page play domestic partners.</p><br clear="all"/>Autopsy: Artist's 1959 death may have followed fall or pushNORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A forensic pathologist says the mysterious 1959 death of a Connecticut artist was the result of hypothermia but he may have been assaulted or pushed to the ground.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/autopsy-artists-1959-death-may-followed-fall-push-200219097.htmlTue, 28 Jul 2015 21:02:19 +0100Associated Pressautopsy-artists-1959-death-may-followed-fall-push-200219097Magicians seek to amaze with tricks at London 'Impossible' showGrand illusions, mind readings and death-defying escapology come to London this summer in a magic show billed as "the biggest in decades" in the British capital. Running for five weeks, "Impossible" will seek to wow audiences with its line-up of magicians, tricksters and daredevil performers at its West End venue, close to where escape artist Harry Houdini once performed for London crowds. "My job can be very dangerous ... In 'Impossible' I'm completely on fire, I shoot crossbows on the stage," daredevil stunt performer Jonathan Goodwin told Reuters.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/magicians-seek-amaze-tricks-london-impossible-show-164103833.htmlTue, 28 Jul 2015 17:41:03 +0100Reutersmagicians-seek-amaze-tricks-london-impossible-show-164103833Cara Delevingne takes 'joy ride' from fashion to film<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cara-delevingne-takes-joy-ride-fashion-film-150259191.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hpjYyooukLIkRQsduu.oNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/32890f25d4eef9207c0f6a70670088cf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Cara Delevingne attends the premiere of &quot;Paper Towns&quot; at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actress Cara Delevingne attends the premiere of &quot;Paper Towns&quot; at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cara Delevingne wants you to know she didn&#039;t strut directly from the fashion runway onto Hollywood movie sets.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cara-delevingne-takes-joy-ride-fashion-film-150259191.htmlSat, 25 Jul 2015 16:23:34 +0100Associated Presscara-delevingne-takes-joy-ride-fashion-film-150259191<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cara-delevingne-takes-joy-ride-fashion-film-150259191.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hpjYyooukLIkRQsduu.oNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/32890f25d4eef9207c0f6a70670088cf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Cara Delevingne attends the premiere of &quot;Paper Towns&quot; at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Actress Cara Delevingne attends the premiere of &quot;Paper Towns&quot; at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cara Delevingne wants you to know she didn&#039;t strut directly from the fashion runway onto Hollywood movie sets.</p><br clear="all"/>Bayreuth's Wagner festival kicks off with new 'Tristan'<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuths-wagner-festival-kicks-off-tristan-144815478.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3H1Tbo1bpcNgrJW8ACLBzg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7310390c2a0636217d0f6a7067009914.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, her husband Joachim Sauer, left, Bayreuth&#039;s Mayor Brigitte Merk-Erbe, second left and her husband Thomas Erbe, right, pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, Saturday, July 25, 2015. The annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, her husband Joachim Sauer, left, Bayreuth&#039;s Mayor Brigitte Merk-Erbe, second left and her husband Thomas Erbe, right, pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, Saturday, July 25, 2015. The annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) — Bayreuth&#039;s annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuths-wagner-festival-kicks-off-tristan-144815478.htmlSat, 25 Jul 2015 15:48:15 +0100Associated Pressbayreuths-wagner-festival-kicks-off-tristan-144815478<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuths-wagner-festival-kicks-off-tristan-144815478.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3H1Tbo1bpcNgrJW8ACLBzg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7310390c2a0636217d0f6a7067009914.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, her husband Joachim Sauer, left, Bayreuth&#039;s Mayor Brigitte Merk-Erbe, second left and her husband Thomas Erbe, right, pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, Saturday, July 25, 2015. The annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, her husband Joachim Sauer, left, Bayreuth&#039;s Mayor Brigitte Merk-Erbe, second left and her husband Thomas Erbe, right, pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, Saturday, July 25, 2015. The annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) — Bayreuth&#039;s annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Tristan and Isolde&quot; by the composer&#039;s great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner.</p><br clear="all"/>After U.S. shooting, high cost of more security vexes movie theaters<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-shooting-high-cost-more-security-vexes-movie-215042574--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m8N09ET7NWcq7Bpdj..g8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-24T230430Z_3_LYNXNPEB6N134_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-LOUISIANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police stand by at the scene outside the movie theatre where a man opened fire on film goers in Lafayette" align="left" title="Police stand by at the scene outside the movie theatre where a man opened fire on film goers in Lafayette" border="0" /></a>The Metropolitan Opera in New York searches the bags and purses of patrons each night, and air travel involves long lines and security checks. Cost, staffing and the turn-off factor to what is supposed to be a fun night out will likely deter movie theater chains from adopting airport-style security, especially at a time when attendance is dropping thanks to the lure of online streaming, YouTube and video on demand. &quot;Owners do not want the experience at their theater to be a negative one, and going through a metal detector and having their bags checked would become a big inconvenience,&quot; said Tom DeLuca, president of New York-based Global Security Services, which has provided armed security personnel to some of the biggest movie chains for 15 years.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-shooting-high-cost-more-security-vexes-movie-215042574--finance.htmlSat, 25 Jul 2015 00:04:29 +0100Reutersu-shooting-high-cost-more-security-vexes-movie-215042574--finance<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-shooting-high-cost-more-security-vexes-movie-215042574--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m8N09ET7NWcq7Bpdj..g8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-24T230430Z_3_LYNXNPEB6N134_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-LOUISIANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police stand by at the scene outside the movie theatre where a man opened fire on film goers in Lafayette" align="left" title="Police stand by at the scene outside the movie theatre where a man opened fire on film goers in Lafayette" border="0" /></a>The Metropolitan Opera in New York searches the bags and purses of patrons each night, and air travel involves long lines and security checks. Cost, staffing and the turn-off factor to what is supposed to be a fun night out will likely deter movie theater chains from adopting airport-style security, especially at a time when attendance is dropping thanks to the lure of online streaming, YouTube and video on demand. &quot;Owners do not want the experience at their theater to be a negative one, and going through a metal detector and having their bags checked would become a big inconvenience,&quot; said Tom DeLuca, president of New York-based Global Security Services, which has provided armed security personnel to some of the biggest movie chains for 15 years.</p><br clear="all"/>Ed Sheeran boosts streaming numbers<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ed-sheeran-boosts-streaming-numbers-230207933.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hMBsVSnvaIS5I4DSlCfgNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/80ee829e0b427d942cf98af26f24bccc" width="130" height="86" alt="Ed Sheeran lands acting role in gory medieval drama" align="left" title="Ed Sheeran lands acting role in gory medieval drama" border="0" /></a>The Thinking Out Loud singer is the most streamed artist so far this year, while Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk is the most streamed track.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ed-sheeran-boosts-streaming-numbers-230207933.htmlSat, 25 Jul 2015 00:02:07 +0100SNAP.PAed-sheeran-boosts-streaming-numbers-230207933<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ed-sheeran-boosts-streaming-numbers-230207933.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hMBsVSnvaIS5I4DSlCfgNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/80ee829e0b427d942cf98af26f24bccc" width="130" height="86" alt="Ed Sheeran lands acting role in gory medieval drama" align="left" title="Ed Sheeran lands acting role in gory medieval drama" border="0" /></a>The Thinking Out Loud singer is the most streamed artist so far this year, while Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk is the most streamed track.</p><br clear="all"/>New Bayreuth Wagner museum confronts family Nazi ties head on<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuth-wagner-museum-confronts-family-nazi-ties-head-180638416.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.kMV6jn8nqvfhLzWzgXoWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-24T184803Z_2_LYNXNPEB6N0YV_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-GERMANY-WAGNER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A visitor takes a picture of a bust of German composer Richard Wagner at the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth" align="left" title="A visitor takes a picture of a bust of German composer Richard Wagner at the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A renovated Richard Wagner Museum opening in Bayreuth this weekend to coincide with the Bavarian city&#039;s annual Wagner opera festival puts the composer&#039;s anti-Semitism and his family&#039;s later ties to Adolf Hitler center stage for the first time. It also depicts the close ties his widow Cosima, who died in 1930, and his descendants forged with Hitler, who loved Wagner&#039;s music and regularly visited Bayreuth to hear operas in the &quot;Festspielhaus&quot; that Wagner designed and built in the 1870s. &quot;When the museum was opened almost 40 years ago it was not complete,&quot; museum director Sven Friedrich said during a press tour on Friday, before the public opening on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuth-wagner-museum-confronts-family-nazi-ties-head-180638416.htmlFri, 24 Jul 2015 19:48:03 +0100Reutersbayreuth-wagner-museum-confronts-family-nazi-ties-head-180638416<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bayreuth-wagner-museum-confronts-family-nazi-ties-head-180638416.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.kMV6jn8nqvfhLzWzgXoWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-24T184803Z_2_LYNXNPEB6N0YV_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-GERMANY-WAGNER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A visitor takes a picture of a bust of German composer Richard Wagner at the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth" align="left" title="A visitor takes a picture of a bust of German composer Richard Wagner at the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A renovated Richard Wagner Museum opening in Bayreuth this weekend to coincide with the Bavarian city&#039;s annual Wagner opera festival puts the composer&#039;s anti-Semitism and his family&#039;s later ties to Adolf Hitler center stage for the first time. It also depicts the close ties his widow Cosima, who died in 1930, and his descendants forged with Hitler, who loved Wagner&#039;s music and regularly visited Bayreuth to hear operas in the &quot;Festspielhaus&quot; that Wagner designed and built in the 1870s. &quot;When the museum was opened almost 40 years ago it was not complete,&quot; museum director Sven Friedrich said during a press tour on Friday, before the public opening on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>No 'satisfying' explanation for movie theatre shooting - Gov. Jindal(Reuters) - There was no known motive for why a suspected gunman opened fire in a Louisiana movie theatre, Governor Bobby Jindal told CNN on Friday, adding that police have finished processing the suspect's hotel room and car and spoken with his relatives. "I think in this particular case the explanation will be even less satisfying than in other cases based on what they've learned by just talking to family members and processing the hotel room and the car." He added the gunman did not appear to go to the movie theatre to target specific people.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-satisfying-explanation-movie-theatre-shooting-gov-jindal-123345584.htmlFri, 24 Jul 2015 13:33:45 +0100Reutersno-satisfying-explanation-movie-theatre-shooting-gov-jindal-123345584Public divided over Smithsonian display of Bill Cosby's art<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/public-divided-over-smithsonian-display-bill-cosbys-art-110411317.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qwWiFfarGnbCSorcEfIJFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b3817762d6ef03207d0f6a706700f6bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, members of the media tour the Bill and Camille Cosby collection at the Smithsonian&#039;s National Museum of African Art in Washington. The public has begun to weigh in on the Smithsonian’s exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s art collection. The Smithsonian released 35 email messages to The Associated Press. Of those, at least 30 call for the National Museum of African Art to take down its “Conversations” exhibition featuring Cosby’s art. The protests come in the wake of revelations Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, members of the media tour the Bill and Camille Cosby collection at the Smithsonian&#039;s National Museum of African Art in Washington. The public has begun to weigh in on the Smithsonian’s exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s art collection. The Smithsonian released 35 email messages to The Associated Press. Of those, at least 30 call for the National Museum of African Art to take down its “Conversations” exhibition featuring Cosby’s art. The protests come in the wake of revelations Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of emails and comments left at the Smithsonian Institution show the public appears to be sharply divided over an exhibition featuring Bill Cosby&#039;s art collection, which the museum has stood behind since the comedian admitted obtaining drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/public-divided-over-smithsonian-display-bill-cosbys-art-110411317.htmlThu, 23 Jul 2015 21:59:30 +0100Associated Presspublic-divided-over-smithsonian-display-bill-cosbys-art-110411317<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/public-divided-over-smithsonian-display-bill-cosbys-art-110411317.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qwWiFfarGnbCSorcEfIJFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b3817762d6ef03207d0f6a706700f6bb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, members of the media tour the Bill and Camille Cosby collection at the Smithsonian&#039;s National Museum of African Art in Washington. The public has begun to weigh in on the Smithsonian’s exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s art collection. The Smithsonian released 35 email messages to The Associated Press. Of those, at least 30 call for the National Museum of African Art to take down its “Conversations” exhibition featuring Cosby’s art. The protests come in the wake of revelations Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, members of the media tour the Bill and Camille Cosby collection at the Smithsonian&#039;s National Museum of African Art in Washington. The public has begun to weigh in on the Smithsonian’s exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s art collection. The Smithsonian released 35 email messages to The Associated Press. Of those, at least 30 call for the National Museum of African Art to take down its “Conversations” exhibition featuring Cosby’s art. The protests come in the wake of revelations Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of emails and comments left at the Smithsonian Institution show the public appears to be sharply divided over an exhibition featuring Bill Cosby&#039;s art collection, which the museum has stood behind since the comedian admitted obtaining drugs to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex.</p><br clear="all"/>Madonna reveals why she feels like Picasso<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-reveals-why-she-feels-144428681.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zz8hk5Pw_QopxROePApXkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/a7ef78dc6115d1f09305534c0947402f" width="130" height="86" alt="Madonna reveals why she feels like Picasso" align="left" title="Madonna reveals why she feels like Picasso" border="0" /></a>The singer said she feels an affinity with the Spanish artist because her creativity is never-ending.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-reveals-why-she-feels-144428681.htmlThu, 23 Jul 2015 15:44:28 +0100SNAP.PAmadonna-reveals-why-she-feels-144428681<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-reveals-why-she-feels-144428681.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zz8hk5Pw_QopxROePApXkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/a7ef78dc6115d1f09305534c0947402f" width="130" height="86" alt="Madonna reveals why she feels like Picasso" align="left" title="Madonna reveals why she feels like Picasso" border="0" /></a>The singer said she feels an affinity with the Spanish artist because her creativity is never-ending.</p><br clear="all"/>China returns passport to Ai Weiwei, who plans London trip<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-gives-ai-weiwei-passport-back-4-years-091612095.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b85_Wa_AnoCDDI5JKULspQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4f7ba7bdad6fe9207c0f6a7067007aaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 24, 2015 file photo, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei walks near a playground outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Ai has his passport back four years after it was confiscated by authorities. Ai on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding a Chinese passport with the caption, “Today, I got my passport.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 24, 2015 file photo, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei walks near a playground outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Ai has his passport back four years after it was confiscated by authorities. Ai on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding a Chinese passport with the caption, “Today, I got my passport.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) — Artist and government critic Ai Weiwei has gotten his passport back four years after it was confiscated by Chinese authorities and plans to visit Germany for a medical checkup and to see his young son.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-gives-ai-weiwei-passport-back-4-years-091612095.htmlThu, 23 Jul 2015 04:21:28 +0100Associated Presschina-gives-ai-weiwei-passport-back-4-years-091612095<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-gives-ai-weiwei-passport-back-4-years-091612095.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b85_Wa_AnoCDDI5JKULspQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4f7ba7bdad6fe9207c0f6a7067007aaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 24, 2015 file photo, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei walks near a playground outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Ai has his passport back four years after it was confiscated by authorities. Ai on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding a Chinese passport with the caption, “Today, I got my passport.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 24, 2015 file photo, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei walks near a playground outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Ai has his passport back four years after it was confiscated by authorities. Ai on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding a Chinese passport with the caption, “Today, I got my passport.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) — Artist and government critic Ai Weiwei has gotten his passport back four years after it was confiscated by Chinese authorities and plans to visit Germany for a medical checkup and to see his young son.</p><br clear="all"/>Ai Weiwei’s 600 Days of Flowers<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-600-days-flowers-195600886.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KPWVblIQQUn1kAhubXeYiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Ai_Weiweis_600_Days_of-28b06cb2699f41f4963312fce9648d57" width="130" height="86" alt="Ai Weiwei’s 600 Days of Flowers" align="left" title="Ai Weiwei’s 600 Days of Flowers" border="0" /></a>On Wednesday morning, as he has every day for the past year and a half, Ai Weiwei placed a bouquet of flowers in the basket of a bicycle that stands outside his studio in Beijing. For more than a year and a half, China’s infamous dissident artist has arranged his blooms in a daily demonstration against the confiscation of his passport. Since 2011, after Ai was arrested on charges of tax evasion, jailed for 81 days, and then released, the government had kept it confiscated, and refused him any other travel papers.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-600-days-flowers-195600886.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2015 20:56:00 +0100The Atlanticai-weiwei-600-days-flowers-195600886<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-600-days-flowers-195600886.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KPWVblIQQUn1kAhubXeYiA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Ai_Weiweis_600_Days_of-28b06cb2699f41f4963312fce9648d57" width="130" height="86" alt="Ai Weiwei’s 600 Days of Flowers" align="left" title="Ai Weiwei’s 600 Days of Flowers" border="0" /></a>On Wednesday morning, as he has every day for the past year and a half, Ai Weiwei placed a bouquet of flowers in the basket of a bicycle that stands outside his studio in Beijing. For more than a year and a half, China’s infamous dissident artist has arranged his blooms in a daily demonstration against the confiscation of his passport. Since 2011, after Ai was arrested on charges of tax evasion, jailed for 81 days, and then released, the government had kept it confiscated, and refused him any other travel papers.</p><br clear="all"/>Madonna feels like Picasso, says art has no expiration date<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-feels-picasso-says-art-no-expiration-date-172913223.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MNzVBJ1_DAXY3Tv_Sdbb0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/38a18d5586e4de207c0f6a7067007ec8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Madonna arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour this fall, which includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Madonna arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour this fall, which includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna thinks artists deep into their careers should stop if they don&#039;t have anything more to say. But at 56, the singer says she still has things to talk about, and in short, she feels like Pablo Picasso.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-feels-picasso-says-art-no-expiration-date-172913223.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2015 18:29:13 +0100Associated Pressmadonna-feels-picasso-says-art-no-expiration-date-172913223<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-feels-picasso-says-art-no-expiration-date-172913223.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MNzVBJ1_DAXY3Tv_Sdbb0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/38a18d5586e4de207c0f6a7067007ec8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Madonna arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour this fall, which includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Madonna arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour this fall, which includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna thinks artists deep into their careers should stop if they don&#039;t have anything more to say. But at 56, the singer says she still has things to talk about, and in short, she feels like Pablo Picasso.</p><br clear="all"/>China returns dissident artist Ai Weiwei's passport after four years<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-returns-dissident-artist-ai-weiweis-passport-four-094750048.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hrFa9L4GwNhA7MU0EqjIdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-22T130750Z_1_LYNXNPEB6L0L9_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-RIGHTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photo of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei posing with his passport in Beijing" align="left" title="Handout photo of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei posing with his passport in Beijing" border="0" /></a>By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei said that authorities in Beijing returned his passport on Wednesday, more than four years after it was confiscated following his 81-day secret detention. Ai, 58, told Reuters by telephone that police from the Exit and Entry Bureau, which issues passports to Chinese citizens, called him on Wednesday morning to collect his passport, which he now has in hand. The surprise move comes amid a deepening crackdown on civil society in China.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-returns-dissident-artist-ai-weiweis-passport-four-094750048.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2015 12:29:11 +0100Reuterschina-returns-dissident-artist-ai-weiweis-passport-four-094750048<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-returns-dissident-artist-ai-weiweis-passport-four-094750048.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hrFa9L4GwNhA7MU0EqjIdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-22T130750Z_1_LYNXNPEB6L0L9_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-RIGHTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photo of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei posing with his passport in Beijing" align="left" title="Handout photo of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei posing with his passport in Beijing" border="0" /></a>By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei said that authorities in Beijing returned his passport on Wednesday, more than four years after it was confiscated following his 81-day secret detention. Ai, 58, told Reuters by telephone that police from the Exit and Entry Bureau, which issues passports to Chinese citizens, called him on Wednesday morning to collect his passport, which he now has in hand. The surprise move comes amid a deepening crackdown on civil society in China.</p><br clear="all"/>R&B's Tyrese tops Billboard chart for first time<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/r-bs-tyrese-tops-billboard-chart-first-time-182617703.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n9e73u0Y56pq52Ts4agMfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-21T182617Z_1_LYNXNPEB6K0WP_RTROPTP_2_AWARDS-BILLBOARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tyrese Gibson poses backstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Tyrese Gibson poses backstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>R&amp;B singer Tyrese earned his first No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Tuesday with the debut of his album &quot;Black Rose.&quot; &quot;Black Rose&quot; marks the sixth solo album for the artist, also an actor known as Tyrese Gibson and a star in the &quot;Fast and Furious&quot; film franchise. &quot;Black Rose&quot; sold 77,000 album units in its first week, including 74,000 full album copies, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending July 16. The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/r-bs-tyrese-tops-billboard-chart-first-time-182617703.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2015 19:26:17 +0100Reutersr-bs-tyrese-tops-billboard-chart-first-time-182617703<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/r-bs-tyrese-tops-billboard-chart-first-time-182617703.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n9e73u0Y56pq52Ts4agMfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-07-21T182617Z_1_LYNXNPEB6K0WP_RTROPTP_2_AWARDS-BILLBOARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tyrese Gibson poses backstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Tyrese Gibson poses backstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>R&amp;B singer Tyrese earned his first No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Tuesday with the debut of his album &quot;Black Rose.&quot; &quot;Black Rose&quot; marks the sixth solo album for the artist, also an actor known as Tyrese Gibson and a star in the &quot;Fast and Furious&quot; film franchise. &quot;Black Rose&quot; sold 77,000 album units in its first week, including 74,000 full album copies, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending July 16. The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).</p><br clear="all"/>Young West End theatre actors sought for reality TV show<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/young-west-end-theatre-actors-sought-reality-tv-124416766.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8LUlff373fdxx1Z1Fj3Oqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30292-a38b96039a28a44a01d36f1c768a17f5-57a6d85a-b75f-4d72-9c3c-ca1db10c0073-2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Young men and women who live and work in London&#039;s theatreland are being sought to star in TV show Life&#039;s A Stage" align="left" title="Young men and women who live and work in London&#039;s theatreland are being sought to star in TV show Life&#039;s A Stage" border="0" /></a>TV bosses are seeking young actors to star in a new structured reality show about life in the West End.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/young-west-end-theatre-actors-sought-reality-tv-124416766.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2015 13:44:16 +0100Press Associationyoung-west-end-theatre-actors-sought-reality-tv-124416766<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/young-west-end-theatre-actors-sought-reality-tv-124416766.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8LUlff373fdxx1Z1Fj3Oqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30292-a38b96039a28a44a01d36f1c768a17f5-57a6d85a-b75f-4d72-9c3c-ca1db10c0073-2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Young men and women who live and work in London&#039;s theatreland are being sought to star in TV show Life&#039;s A Stage" align="left" title="Young men and women who live and work in London&#039;s theatreland are being sought to star in TV show Life&#039;s A Stage" border="0" /></a>TV bosses are seeking young actors to star in a new structured reality show about life in the West End.</p><br clear="all"/>College librarian in China admits he replaced art with fakesBEIJING (AP) — A former chief librarian at a Chinese university admitted in court Tuesday to stealing more than 140 paintings by grandmasters in a gallery under his watch and replacing them with fakes he painted himself.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/college-librarian-china-admits-replaced-art-fakes-095134520.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2015 11:28:51 +0100Associated Presscollege-librarian-china-admits-replaced-art-fakes-095134520Kentucky Opera director dies in car crash in IllinoisLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Opera says its director has died in a car accident in Illinois as he was on his way home from a trip.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kentucky-opera-director-dies-car-crash-illinois-222303114.htmlMon, 20 Jul 2015 23:23:03 +0100Associated Presskentucky-opera-director-dies-car-crash-illinois-222303114Museum at Nixon's presidential library gets makeover<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/museum-nixons-presidential-library-gets-makeover-084330205--politics.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hsriQzIN1cgzV6FERHCoXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/924bd01c59ffb4207c0f6a70670027b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 26, 2004, file photo shows the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. The galleries at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum are getting a $25 million upgrade to add more audio and video features and include interactive touchscreens common to most modern museum exhibits, officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 26, 2004, file photo shows the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. The galleries at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum are getting a $25 million upgrade to add more audio and video features and include interactive touchscreens common to most modern museum exhibits, officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" border="0" /></a>YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — A museum dedicated to Richard Nixon&#039;s presidency is getting a makeover that will include interactive exhibits appealing to younger, tech-savvy visitors, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/museum-nixons-presidential-library-gets-makeover-084330205--politics.htmlMon, 20 Jul 2015 18:05:00 +0100Associated Pressmuseum-nixons-presidential-library-gets-makeover-084330205--politics<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/museum-nixons-presidential-library-gets-makeover-084330205--politics.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hsriQzIN1cgzV6FERHCoXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/924bd01c59ffb4207c0f6a70670027b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 26, 2004, file photo shows the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. The galleries at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum are getting a $25 million upgrade to add more audio and video features and include interactive touchscreens common to most modern museum exhibits, officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 26, 2004, file photo shows the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. The galleries at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum are getting a $25 million upgrade to add more audio and video features and include interactive touchscreens common to most modern museum exhibits, officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" border="0" /></a>YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — A museum dedicated to Richard Nixon&#039;s presidency is getting a makeover that will include interactive exhibits appealing to younger, tech-savvy visitors, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>Coleen Rooney's five festival fashion tips, and you'll never guess what her secret cheat is...<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooneys-five-festival-fashion-142302557.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rgSXuAM6pYzeZpvQhCFJyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/6c01018d59a3c64bf894a9765272a589" width="130" height="86" alt="Coleen Rooney&#039;s five festival fashion tips, and you&#039;ll never guess what her secret cheat is..." align="left" title="Coleen Rooney&#039;s five festival fashion tips, and you&#039;ll never guess what her secret cheat is..." border="0" /></a>If you’ve always wondered how she looks so flawless, wonder no more…</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooneys-five-festival-fashion-142302557.htmlMon, 20 Jul 2015 15:23:02 +0100SNAP.PAcoleen-rooneys-five-festival-fashion-142302557<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooneys-five-festival-fashion-142302557.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rgSXuAM6pYzeZpvQhCFJyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/6c01018d59a3c64bf894a9765272a589" width="130" height="86" alt="Coleen Rooney&#039;s five festival fashion tips, and you&#039;ll never guess what her secret cheat is..." align="left" title="Coleen Rooney&#039;s five festival fashion tips, and you&#039;ll never guess what her secret cheat is..." border="0" /></a>If you’ve always wondered how she looks so flawless, wonder no more…</p><br clear="all"/>Coleen Rooney reveals festival fashion, hair and make-up tips<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooney-reveals-festival-fashion-hair-tips-132522006.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i1ltyvXrDtgG.NRz1NlSlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30219-51fc22045def9364e722816431aa3789-783af5bd-e674-40a5-89ae-6d30ddb3ac3a-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Coleen Rooney with husband Wayne, left, at Glastonbury" align="left" title="Coleen Rooney with husband Wayne, left, at Glastonbury" border="0" /></a>Coleen Rooney has revealed one of her secrets to surviving a music festival: dry hair shampoo.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooney-reveals-festival-fashion-hair-tips-132522006.htmlMon, 20 Jul 2015 14:25:22 +0100Press Associationcoleen-rooney-reveals-festival-fashion-hair-tips-132522006<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coleen-rooney-reveals-festival-fashion-hair-tips-132522006.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i1ltyvXrDtgG.NRz1NlSlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30219-51fc22045def9364e722816431aa3789-783af5bd-e674-40a5-89ae-6d30ddb3ac3a-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Coleen Rooney with husband Wayne, left, at Glastonbury" align="left" title="Coleen Rooney with husband Wayne, left, at Glastonbury" border="0" /></a>Coleen Rooney has revealed one of her secrets to surviving a music festival: dry hair shampoo.</p><br clear="all"/>Andrea Faustini: I'm still pinching myself over X Factor fame<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andrea-faustini-im-still-pinching-230205493.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0DsYzlsc9S7eoJSdE1u5vA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/32867c8a166203ac7b21d514e34a61f8" width="130" height="86" alt="Andrea Faustini: I&#039;m still pinching myself over X Factor fame" align="left" title="Andrea Faustini: I&#039;m still pinching myself over X Factor fame" border="0" /></a>The Italian singer, who shot to fame in The X Factor, has yet to feel like a recording artist.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andrea-faustini-im-still-pinching-230205493.htmlSat, 18 Jul 2015 00:02:05 +0100SNAP.PAandrea-faustini-im-still-pinching-230205493<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andrea-faustini-im-still-pinching-230205493.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0DsYzlsc9S7eoJSdE1u5vA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snap.pa/32867c8a166203ac7b21d514e34a61f8" width="130" height="86" alt="Andrea Faustini: I&#039;m still pinching myself over X Factor fame" align="left" title="Andrea Faustini: I&#039;m still pinching myself over X Factor fame" border="0" /></a>The Italian singer, who shot to fame in The X Factor, has yet to feel like a recording artist.</p><br clear="all"/>Instant opera: 2 days to write, compose, rehearse, performNEW ORLEANS (AP) — You could call it instant opera: A New Orleans nonprofit will create and perform a pair of opera scenes with only two days to get from page to stage.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/instant-opera-2-days-write-compose-rehearse-perform-173353283.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 18:33:53 +0100Associated Pressinstant-opera-2-days-write-compose-rehearse-perform-173353283Ant-Man: 'Antsibition' featuring microscopic works of art goes on display to celebrate Marvel movie<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ant-man-antsibition-featuring-microscopic-works-art-goes-163134762.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NNgf8ou5jpkwn_gamDflJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/News/ibtimes/ant-man-20150717-170010-353.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ant-Man: &#039;Antsibition&#039; featuring microscopic works of art goes on display to celebrate Marvel movie" align="left" title="Ant-Man: &#039;Antsibition&#039; featuring microscopic works of art goes on display to celebrate Marvel movie" border="0" /></a>A new exhibition featuring microscopic works of art has gone on display in London to celebrate the UK release of new Marvel superhero movie Ant-Man. The man behind the tiny creations, Wolverhampton-born sculptor Willard Wigan, explains that creating models as small as 0.005mm is fiendishly difficult but ultimately worthwhile. It&#039;s like an atom – it&#039;s the biggest explosion even though it&#039;s tiny,&quot; adds Wigan.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ant-man-antsibition-featuring-microscopic-works-art-goes-163134762.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 17:31:34 +0100IB Timesant-man-antsibition-featuring-microscopic-works-art-goes-163134762<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ant-man-antsibition-featuring-microscopic-works-art-goes-163134762.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NNgf8ou5jpkwn_gamDflJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/News/ibtimes/ant-man-20150717-170010-353.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ant-Man: &#039;Antsibition&#039; featuring microscopic works of art goes on display to celebrate Marvel movie" align="left" title="Ant-Man: &#039;Antsibition&#039; featuring microscopic works of art goes on display to celebrate Marvel movie" border="0" /></a>A new exhibition featuring microscopic works of art has gone on display in London to celebrate the UK release of new Marvel superhero movie Ant-Man. The man behind the tiny creations, Wolverhampton-born sculptor Willard Wigan, explains that creating models as small as 0.005mm is fiendishly difficult but ultimately worthwhile. It&#039;s like an atom – it&#039;s the biggest explosion even though it&#039;s tiny,&quot; adds Wigan.</p><br clear="all"/>Museum trip a perfect distraction after dawn delugeBy Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - The 1914 Dunlop V Floating Golf Ball perched in a display case inside the British Golf Museum would have come in handy at St Andrews after Friday's dawn deluge. Although the old 'hairies' or 'featheries', the balls once used by Scotland's royals in the 1600s, might have become a little soggy on the famous Old Course links, dubbed the home of golf. The evolution of the golf ball was just one fascinating distraction in the museum located a sand-wedge away from the 18th green where the 144th British Open will be won on Sunday.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/museum-trip-perfect-distraction-dawn-deluge-133054974--golf.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 16:09:28 +0100Reutersmuseum-trip-perfect-distraction-dawn-deluge-133054974--golfKim Cattrall returns to stage for Linda play at London's Royal Court Theatre<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kim-cattrall-returns-stage-linda-play-londons-royal-113553754.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7yBvw7oCfElWMPraatjOJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30049-ff8af819dd6fbcf08d06c8ad7cafbfc2-4db0bded-0c34-44e7-bf8e-2a2fc884f959-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kim Cattrall will play the title character in Linda on the London stage" align="left" title="Kim Cattrall will play the title character in Linda on the London stage" border="0" /></a>Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall is returning to the stage to play a high-powered businesswoman who appears to have it all.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kim-cattrall-returns-stage-linda-play-londons-royal-113553754.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 12:35:53 +0100Press Associationkim-cattrall-returns-stage-linda-play-londons-royal-113553754<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kim-cattrall-returns-stage-linda-play-londons-royal-113553754.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7yBvw7oCfElWMPraatjOJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/news-showbiz-30049-ff8af819dd6fbcf08d06c8ad7cafbfc2-4db0bded-0c34-44e7-bf8e-2a2fc884f959-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kim Cattrall will play the title character in Linda on the London stage" align="left" title="Kim Cattrall will play the title character in Linda on the London stage" border="0" /></a>Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall is returning to the stage to play a high-powered businesswoman who appears to have it all.</p><br clear="all"/>